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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,207 cases from 44 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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by company- Anonymised companies €2.25m 51 % · 1 case
- Fracht FWO Inc. €1.38m 31 % · 1 case
- Key Holding, LLC €517,929 12 % · 1 case
- C.H. Robinson International, Inc. €244,999 6 % · 1 case
- Ayzo Pte Ltd €24,218 1 % · 1 case
- Svarog Shipping & Trading Company Limited €5,768 0 % · 1 case
- Volga-Dnepr Airlines LLC – 0 % · 1 case
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | €2.25m |
| 2024 | 1 | €244,999 |
| 2025 | 4 | €1.93m |
| 2026 | 1 | – |
7 cases
11 Aug 2026 Volga-Dnepr Airlines LLCFederal Court: cargo airline Volga-Dnepr remains on Canadian sanctions list Order
The Russian cargo airline had been added to the list of the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations in April 2023; the Minister of Foreign Affairs rejected the application for delisting. The Federal Court (2026 FC 1048) dismissed the application for judicial review: the Minister had not exercised her broad discretion unreasonably, and there was no procedural error.
Listed logistics partners often remain listed for years – anyone buying air freight must continuously screen carriers and parent companies against sanctions lists.
Listings of transport service providers in partner screening
- Authority / court
- Federal Court (2026 FC 1048); Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Special Economic Measures Act; Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations, SOR/2014-58, ss. 2(a), 8
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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3 Sep 2025 Fracht FWO Inc.Freight forwarder Fracht FWO chartered blocked Venezuelan airline with Mahan Air jet €1.38m
In May 2022, bypassing internal compliance procedures, the Houston freight forwarder engaged a blocked Venezuelan state-owned airline for a shipment from Mexico to Argentina; the aircraft used, which was also blocked, was operated by Iran's Mahan Air. The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) classified the case as egregious and not voluntarily self-disclosed, partly because two vice presidents bypassed the screening under time pressure.
Urgent customer orders never justify skipping sanctions screening of carriers and of the aircraft or vessels used.
Business partner screening under time pressure, circumvention of internal approvals
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Venezuela-, Iran-, Proliferations- und Terrorismus-Sanktionsprogramme (OFAC); IEEPA
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Culpability
- negligent
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- No prior violations in five years, immediate remediation, substantial cooperation
- Liability of senior managers
- According to OFAC, the violation was driven primarily by two vice presidents who bypassed internal screening processes.
- Published
- 3 Sep 2025
Original amount 1,610,775 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 3 Sep 2025.
- OFAC Enforcement Release: Fracht FWO Inc. Settles with OFAC for $1,610,775 (03.09.2025) Decision of an authority
- OFAC – 2025 Enforcement Information Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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30 Jul 2025 Ayzo Pte LtdAyzo: SGD 36,000 fine for freight forwarder misusing other companies' entity identifiers €24,218
In 2024 the freight forwarder Ayzo Pte Ltd misused the Unique Entity Numbers of two other companies in applications for export permits for cigarette shipments to Australia that were described as other goods in the shipping documents, and failed to retain the bills of lading. Ayzo had relied solely on information from an unknown client in India without verifying it with the named importers and exporters. After the company pleaded guilty to ten charges under the Customs Act for incorrect UEN declarations and three charges for failure to retain trade documents, the State Courts imposed a fine of SGD 36,000 on 30 July 2025.
Freight forwarders must verify client and goods information before customs declarations and retain trade documents, or they become tools for smugglers.
Due diligence in customs declarations: verifying clients and goods descriptions
- Authority / court
- Singapore Customs; Verurteilung durch die State Courts
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Customs
- Legal basis
- Customs Act (unrichtige Angabe der Unique Entity Number); drei weitere Anklagepunkte wegen fehlender Aufbewahrung von Handelsdokumenten (Vorschrift in der Mitteilung nicht genannt)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Published
- 19 Aug 2025
Original amount 36,000 SGD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 Jul 2025.
- Singapore Customs Media Release 19.08.2025: Freight Forwarder Fined $36,000 for Misusing Companies' Unique Entity Identifiers (PDF) Press release of an authority
- Singapore Customs – News (Verzeichnis, Eintrag 19.08.2025 mit Link auf die Mitteilung) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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2 Jul 2025 Key Holding, LLCLogistics company Key Holding: Colombian subsidiary organised 36 shipments to Cuba €517,929
After the acquisition of a Colombian logistics company in December 2021, the latter organised 36 freight shipments to Cuba worth around 3.06 million USD up to July 2023. Neither the US parent nor the subsidiary had a sanctions compliance programme for foreign companies; the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) assessed the case as non-egregious and voluntarily self-disclosed.
After an acquisition, roll out the sanctions compliance programme to the new foreign subsidiary immediately – the Cuba embargo applies to US-controlled subsidiaries worldwide.
Sanctions compliance after acquisitions
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Cuban Assets Control Regulations (31 C.F.R. part 515)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Culpability
- negligent
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- Voluntary self-disclosure, no prior violations, remedial measures after discovery
- Published
- 2 Jul 2025
Original amount 608,825 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 2 Jul 2025.
- OFAC Enforcement Release: Key Holding, LLC Settles with OFAC for $608,825 (02.07.2025) Decision of an authority
- OFAC – 2025 Enforcement Information Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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11 Apr 2025 Svarog Shipping & Trading Company LimitedTanker shipping company Svarog left OFSI information request unanswered €5,768
In the context of investigations into dealings with a Sovcomflot subsidiary, the fuel shipping company registered in the UK and operating from Cyprus did not respond in time to a formal information request from HM Treasury's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI); a response only came after contact via its auditors. No sanctions breach as such was found, but the information offence was.
Information requests from sanctions authorities need a clear intake channel and deadline monitoring – merely missing the deadline is already an offence.
Handling requests from authorities and deadlines
- Authority / court
- HM Treasury, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, regs. 72, 74(1)(a)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Culpability
- negligent
- Mitigating circumstances
- Minor, indirect harm; the response was provided subsequently
- Published
- 8 May 2025
Original amount 5,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Apr 2025.
- OFSI: Imposition of Monetary Penalty – Svarog Shipping & Trading Company Limited Decision of an authority
- OFSI – Enforcement of financial sanctions (Sammlung) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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13 Dec 2024 C.H. Robinson International, Inc.C.H. Robinson: foreign subsidiaries transported Iranian and Cuban goods €244,999
From November 2018 to February 2022, five foreign subsidiaries of the logistics group acquired through takeovers brokered or transported a total of 82 shipments involving Iranian or Cuban goods or an Iranian airline. The main cause was that their booking systems had not yet been integrated into the group's screening processes; the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) considered the case non-egregious and voluntarily self-disclosed.
Connect acquired freight forwarders to central screening quickly; until then, interim controls on origin and carrier are needed.
Integrating acquired companies into sanctions screening
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations; Cuban Assets Control Regulations
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Culpability
- negligent
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- Voluntary self-disclosure, no prior violations, swift remediation
- Published
- 13 Dec 2024
Original amount 257,690 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 13 Dec 2024.
- OFAC Enforcement Release: C.H. Robinson International Inc. Settles with OFAC for $257,690 (13.12.2024) Decision of an authority
- OFAC – 2024 Enforcement Information Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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19 Apr 2023 a tanker charterer and a tanker shipping companyTanker charterer pleads guilty: Iranian oil for the Revolutionary Guards €2.25m
The bareboat charterer of a tanker pleaded guilty to conspiring to covertly sell and transport around 980,000 barrels of Iranian crude oil for the Revolutionary Guards. The US District Court for the District of Columbia imposed three years of corporate probation and a fine of almost 2.5 million USD; the tanker's operating company concluded a deferred prosecution agreement with the US Department of Justice (National Security Division), is jointly and severally liable and had to bring the cargo to the US.
Shipping companies and charterers face criminal liability for sanctions evasion involving cargoes – check the origin of oil and ship-to-ship transfers without gaps.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Justice, National Security Division; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA); Iran-Sanktionen
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Culpability
- intentional
Original amount 2,457,467.9 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 19 Apr 2023.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Meldungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 19 Apr 2025 · Direct link